Film/Video Production is a new concentration in the Digital Media & Design department. We see digital filmmaking as an integral part of everything we do in DMD. From fine art to the digital humanities to business strategies, short-form video production is an integral tool for sharing stories, marketing products, advocating issues, and distributing information for learning. Whether it be a 15-second clip on Snapchat, a learner video, a documentary, or an experimental or narrative short film, students learn to develop high production values to tell a powerful story to a specifically targeted audience.

Unique to UConn’s program is our position between the humanities, sciences, fine art, and business. Students and faculty can collaborate across departments and with client partners on exciting and innovative film projects. Current UConn collaborations include the Human Rights Institute, to offer courses in social justice filmmaking.

Courses within the concentration are designed to help students develop technical skills alongside skills in iterative, creative project development and aesthetics. Throughout their coursework, students will gain experience in the full production process, from idea generation and contextualization through project planning and storyboarding, production, post-production and editing, all the while emphasizing critique and revision. Digital Film/Video Production majors explore the use of film and video within a wide range of genres including traditional narrative, documentary, informational and marketing content, and interactive experiences, preparing them for diverse careers in the film, television, and digital media industries.

While the Digital Film/Video Production major is new as of Fall 2019, video production has always been woven into our other concentrations and is a critical part of our foundation courses and our Student Agency client work. Courses include: Moving Image and Sequence (editing), Film Writing, Digital Cinematography I, Narrative Workshop, Cinematic Storytelling, Digital Sound Design, and a wide assortment of variable topics including: Producing & Editing Film, Digital Cinema Production, Digital Cinema 2, Technical Production for Video Shoots, and Short Film Production.

Facilities at the Storrs campus include a brand new 784 ft2 film production studio, with full lighting grid, green screen wall, and several different colored backdrops. Students also have access to the professional film production studio in the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.  Storrs DMD also has a sound editing suite. At the Stamford campus, we have a smaller flexible space / production studio and a high-end editing suite. At both campuses, a vast array of professional, high-end film and audio equipment is available for student checkout through our media cages, the Imagination Station and Splash Pad.  Equipment includes:

The UConn Film Club is a UConn student organization of more than 50 members that work together to learn about the filmmaking process and work on their own original productions.

Recently, UConn DMD began a partnership with the Connecticut Office of Film, Television, & Digital Media on the statewide initiative, Digital Media CT (DMCT) to help nurture the state’s growing workforce in the industry. Read more about that collaboration here.